new kung fu king

Chapter 669 Is this a weirdo?

Two years later, Wang Xiaohu and Run Run Shaw cleared up their suspicions and joined forces again, and carried out an all-round and high-profile packaging and promotion of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Jin Yong even took this opportunity to advertise in "Ming Pao", waving the flag and cheering for the broadcast of "The Condor Shooting".

Jin Yong said, "This is my most satisfying adaptation of a film and television drama so far. Xiehe has prepared for it for nine years and filmed it for one and a half years. It is worth watching."

It can be said that the TV series has not been broadcast yet, and the first round of publicity work has been completed in terms of advertisements, music, books, discs, tapes, etc. Moreover, Xiehe International also focuses on "real-time shooting in mainland China" and "showing the current style of mainland China" in publicity. Key words such as "Shooting the Condors" and other key words aroused the anger of the majority of Hong Kong citizens to watch "The Condor Shooting".

As Wireless TVB's old rival ATV, facing the alliance between Concorde International and Wireless TVB, it immediately loses its temper. Even if you have a temper, you can only swallow it. Drooling.

It's better to be a man with your tail between your legs than to be boring yourself.

In order to recover the loss in ratings, ATV simply took out the classic TV dramas from a few years ago to fight, no matter how they say, they can't let Wang Xiaohu and Run Run Shaw take all the ratings!

At the beginning of November 1982, the first part of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" "Iron Blood and Heart" began to premiere on TVB's prime time at 11 p.m. Once again, I fell in love with the TV series carefully crafted by Concord International.

Although the theme song "Iron Blood and Heart" has been listened to dozens of times in this month, everyone is too familiar with it, but it is really special to see and hear it from the TV.

Those who have never read Jin Yong's novels are attracted by the exquisite desert scenery, and they finally know how different the real Mongolian costumes are from those shown in Hong Kong TV dramas.

Audiences who have read the original work are savoring the novelty brought by the transformation of the novel into the screen. Jin Yong and Gu Long's novels are not rare, but this "Shooting the Condor" is the only one that can be adapted in terms of filming, music, and actors. Waiting is the best choice.

"Although individual plots do not match the original, it basically best demonstrates the essence of the novel."

"Who is the actor playing Torrey? How old is the little guy? He's so cool!"

"Haha, that's Brother Hu's son, Wang Jiaen!"

"It's true that the tiger father has no dogs, Brother Hu's son is so good at acting!"

"It will be great when you grow up!"

One episode was played every day, and after 10 consecutive episodes, the audience was completely attracted by "Shooting the Condors". Some praised the adaptation, some praised the actors for their good acting skills, and some praised the shooting scenes and the atmosphere of the film, etc.

When Huang Rong appeared on the stage, everyone started all kinds of heated discussions. They all praised Weng's beautiful appearance, temperament, personality and temper as Huang Rong. It can be said that with Ronger's appearance, the whole "Shooting the Condor" has entered the hot air .

With the popularity of TV series, Weng Meiling, Huang Rihua, Miao Qiaowei, Yang Panpan and other leading actors have also become the most dazzling stars today. A TV series has made two couples popular in just half a month. People have to admire Wang Xiaohu's unique selection of actors vision.

Wireless TVB receives calls from viewers to urge the broadcast every day, and major companies and enterprises even send advertisements to attract investment. For a while, everyone talks about the TV series "Shooting the Condor" and tastes Jin Yong's martial arts. It's depressing.

After entering mid-November, Wang Xiaohu called Run Run Shaw: "Uncle Liu, from tomorrow night, Jade Channel will cooperate with Concorde International to launch the publicity work for the opening of the first Hong Kong Film Awards."

Uncle Six agreed very happily on the phone: "Don't worry, I will fully cooperate."

The economic benefits that "Shooting the Condor" brought to TVB greatly boosted Run Run Shaw's spirit, and he naturally fully supported Wang Xiaohu's request.

Run Run Shaw hung up the phone, looked at Fang Yat-Hua who was still looking depressed, and said: "All the data are in front of us. Since the broadcast of "The Condor Shooting", our ratings have increased by 25%, which is the first time in two years , and the results are directly catching up with "Fist of Fury" and "Shanghai Bund", if we hadn't cooperated with Xiaohu, we wouldn't have such good results, what do you have to worry about?"

Fang Yihua didn't say a word.

Run Run Shaw sighed and said, "Xiaohu only helped us, and didn't ask for anything. You helped me back then, and I helped you get here. Why do you have to worry about Xiaohu?"

"I just don't want my colleagues to gossip." Fang Yihua said after holding back for a long time.

"What gossip?"

"Our wireless development has been so far, and we have to rely on outsiders to help every time"

Before Fang Yihua could finish speaking, Run Run Shaw grabbed the crutch in his hand and smashed the teacup on the table with a snap.

"Is Xiaohu an outsider?!"

Fang Yat Hua was taken aback. She had been with Run Run Shaw for so many years, and it was the first time she had seen him lose his temper. She was at a loss for a while.

"Think about it carefully, it's a woman's kindness!" Run Run Shaw said coldly, and left the office without looking back.

On the occasion of the first Hong Kong Film Awards, Wang Xiaohu and the main members of the Film Awards Organizing Committee held a meeting again to review and check the 115 local films this year, and use the elimination system to select a batch of outstanding works .

Although a high output of 115 films was made this year, the quality of the films is indeed uneven. In Wang Xiaohu’s words, there are too many bad things. There were no winners at all for the dozen or so awards set at the beginning. After discussion, the awards were reduced to the best film. , Best Director, Best Actor and Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Music, Best Cinematography, Best Action Direction, etc.

If the first few items are all regular awards, the best action guide was specially requested by Wang Xiaohu.

In Wang Xiaohu's words: At present, the most prosperous Hong Kong movies are kung fu movies and action movies. Behind every successful movie, martial arts directors and special effects teams are indispensable. This award must be added.

All the members of the Golden Statue Award passed unanimously. After all, Concorde International’s achievements over the years are in front of us. Regardless of the top box office in North America, all the martial arts in the "Star Wars" series and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series are directed by martial arts instructors from Hong Kong. Completed, or "Mythology" and "Mulan" written by Wang Xiaohu himself, let the martial arts action become the biggest weight of the film's commercial value at the box office.

Let’s take a look at the top-grossing films in Hong Kong, which ones do not contain martial arts action. It can be said that Wang Xiaohu is the best candidate to propose the addition of the best action director award. He has proved the importance of martial arts direction to a successful commercial film. importance.

"Ah Hu, why didn't you include "Mulan" in the list?" Yu Yongjian, chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Academy Awards, asked after the meeting.

"Brother, if "Mulan" also participates in the election, will it take away all the awards?" Wang Xiaohu said with a half-smile: ""Mulan" has already won the Palme d'Or and Best Actress in Cannes , participating in the election will make everyone feel unfair, let the opportunity be left to others, and my works will not need to participate in the awards in the future."

"Hey, what a pity, what a pity!" Yu Yongjian regretted, and he didn't know Wang Xiaohu's good intentions, everything was to give opportunities to newcomers, and everything was to prosper the development of Hong Kong movies.

"Ahu, have you made any new moves recently?" Yu Yongjian asked.

"Hehe, it's almost the tenth anniversary of the death of Master Ye Man. I want to make a sequel to "Ip Man."

"The sequel to "Ip Man"!" Yu Yongjian's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he nodded repeatedly: ""Ip Man" is a rare kung fu movie. It made many people cry when I watched it, and it was also very sensational. To be honest, I I also thought that you would strike while the iron was hot to make a sequel, but who would have thought that you would delay it until ten years later.”

"The time was not ripe ten years ago." Wang Xiaohu said with a wry smile.

"Is the time ripe after ten years?" Yu Yongjian asked.

Wang Xiaohu shook his head, pondered: "Not very mature, but it shouldn't be a big problem."

Yu Yongjian smiled and said, "I'll wait and see how you can make me cry this time. If you can make me cry, I will write a column for you in "Film Biweekly"!"

"Column?" Wang Xiaohu looked sideways at Yu Yongjian, nodded and said, "This is a good suggestion, if you plan it later, maybe you can really get my brother's help."

"What are you doing so politely? If you hadn't supported it with funds over the past few years, "Film Biweekly" wouldn't have had such a big influence. If it wasn't for your proposal, the Hong Kong Film Awards would not have been held." Yu Yongjian He said with emotion: "The documentary promoting the development of Hong Kong films was well done, and I felt the vicissitudes of history of the steady development of Hong Kong films from it."

"Brother, I will leave it to you to be responsible for the Golden Statue Awards." Wang Xiaohu said.

"What about you? Aren't you going to the awards ceremony?"

"Me." Wang Xiaohu said with a chuckle, "I'd better keep writing my "Ip Man" sequel script. I believe you can do this award well."

Yu Yongjian frowned tightly. He found that he really couldn't see through this young man. He said he was indifferent to fame and fortune. He opened up the mainland and Hollywood. He won awards and made money. It is almost the most profitable movie in the world. All of them were invested or filmed by him.He provided a good platform for cultural exchanges between Hong Kong films and mainland films, and now he calls for Hong Kong films to increase their influence in the world film industry.

However, when the Hong Kong Film Awards are about to open, he has to hide behind the scenes to write the script. Is this a weirdo?

In short, Yu Yongjian couldn't figure out Wang Xiaohu's thoughts, let alone understand Wang Xiaohu's real intention of doing so.

In fact, after participating in the Oscars and Cannes, Wang Xiaohu has lost any interest in all the awards in the world. You asked him to invest and plan for the Hong Kong Film Awards, but you asked him to sit down and attend the awards ceremony. It was a bit embarrassing for him .

　Ask for a recommendation ticket~~ Speaking of looking at the calendar today, I was surprised to find that tomorrow is the winter solstice. Uh, everyone remember to eat and sleep, and then I found out that Christmas is my 29th birthday, 5555, and I am one year older!
　　


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